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Vanity Fair
by William Makepeace Thackeray
I cannot deny the characters in this book are so multi-faceted as to be nearly real. If you're looking for an example of fine and clever character writing, look nae further.
If, on the other hand, you are looking for a fun, light, or inspirational read, move along. I'm not particularly enchanted by satire or sarcasm. Swift and Voltaire's chief mitigating factors were that they wrote briefly. This book is smirk after smirk after smirk after smirk. You will not like most of the characters - they all have their flaws and their strengths. Interestingly, the ones I found most likely to rate higher than the others (their particular strength outweighing momentarily their particular flaw), were all men.
I made it through, but only because I was listening to it and would put it on when I had few other options for entertainment.
Not a bad book at all, but very specialized in its audience - lovers of satire only.
If, on the other hand, you are looking for a fun, light, or inspirational read, move along. I'm not particularly enchanted by satire or sarcasm. Swift and Voltaire's chief mitigating factors were that they wrote briefly. This book is smirk after smirk after smirk after smirk. You will not like most of the characters - they all have their flaws and their strengths. Interestingly, the ones I found most likely to rate higher than the others (their particular strength outweighing momentarily their particular flaw), were all men.
I made it through, but only because I was listening to it and would put it on when I had few other options for entertainment.
Not a bad book at all, but very specialized in its audience - lovers of satire only.